Ship&#39;s table.



F. ZAGMESTEFQ I SHIPS TABLE.

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Patented 00c. 23,1917.

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UNITE A s FRANK ZAGMESTER, OF LA SALLE, NEW YORK.

SHIPS TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1, 1917. Serial No. 172,182.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK ZAGMESTER,

I a subject of the King of Hungary, resid- Ships Tables,

mg at La Salle, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in of which the following-is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ships tables.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a ships table that is adapted atall times to assume a horizontal'position where the ship is traveling in a true horizontal course or rocking or shifting in other directions caused by waves.

A further object of the inventionis to provide a ships table capable of assuming a horizontal position at all times re' ardless of the relative position of the ship eck for supporting the same" and embodying means adapted to hold the same stationary with respect to its supporting base.

WVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention" is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully .described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in' which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure l is a vertical sectional view of a ships table constructed in accordance with 'the present invention showing the table base and weighted top therein with the shiftable means for hold- 'ing the table top stationary with respect to the supporting base, the shiftable means being disengaged from the table top.'

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line IL-II of Fig. 1 showing the manner of supporting the table topupon its base for universal movement.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line III-III of Fig. 1, showing the members locking the table top to the supporting base, the locking members being disengaged from the table top.

Fig. 4 .is a view similar to Fig. 3 showas illustrated in movably mounteding the locking' members in engagement with the table top, and,

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the locking members detached from the supporting base.

eferring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, the reference numeral 10 designates the supporting base of a ships table, the same being of hollow. construction Fig. 1 and outwardly flaring at itslrlower ing base flange ll resting upon the deck floor l2 and if desired,may be secured thereto in any manner. The supporting base 10 is of circular construction and has the upper end 13 thereof cut-away upon its inner edge, as clearly shown in Fig. l, to provide a plurality of spaced ball sockets 1-1 for the reception of anti-friction balls 15, the same being retained in position by the overlying collar 16 mounted upon the upper end of the base 10 and secured thereto as by fastening members 17.

The table top includes the fiat section 18 having a central depending annular rib 19 adapted to be supported by and connected to the annular flange 20 upon the upper edge of the bowl-shaped member 21 bv the fastening members 22. The outer sides of the bowl-shaped member 21 is provided with a plurality of spaced grooves 23 adapted to .receive the ball bearings 15 and be supported thereby in a substantially univer- Sal manner as shown in Fig. 1,,rotary motion of the table top 18- with respect to the supporting base 10 being prevented by the ball and socket arrangement as shown in Fig. 2. A pendant weight 24 is connected as at 25 to the loweri end of the bowl-shaped member 21 and said pendant weight is contained within the hollow supporting base 10, being entirely hidden from View and adapted to maintain the table top 18 inc, horizontal position at all times regardless of the change of position ofthe ships deck Patented Oct. as, 191?.

end to provide a support-.

includes an operating handle 28 having a side lug s9 adapted to be positioned in selective sockets 30 formed in one side wail'of the slots 27, there being provided expansion springs 31 fixed to the opposite sides of the slots 27 and freely engaging the rear faces of the locking bars 26 so that the locking bars may be moved to the-dotted line'position shown in Fig.3and be movedinwardly and outwardly of the slot with the engaging ends of the springs wiping thereover and retain; ing the locking bars in the adjusted posit-ion. ,The inner end of each locking bar has a head provided with a terminal rectangular socket 33 that is adapted to move ,into locking engagement with the rectangularportion 3% of ,the pendant weight 24,

and as shown in Fig. 2, two lockingbarsQG- being employed, one is located a slight distanee above the other so as to permit the same to lie in overlapped relations when engaging the member as shown in Fig. 4. Intlnslattei ppsitiom-the lateral lug 29 is located within the inwardly positioned recess 30' and retained in such position the engaging springs 31. I

From the above detailed 'description of this invention, it is't'hought that the construction and operation thereof will bereadily apparent, it being noted that when a ship provided with {this table is rolling caused by high seas, the locking bars,26 may be disengaged from therectangular portion 34 of the pendant Weight Ql so as to render the weight operativefto cause the table top 18 to assume a horizontal position at all times regardless of the relative position of the deck portion 12. As above described, the table top may be locked imi'noyable with respect to the supporting base 10 for shifting the locking bars 26 carried by the supporting base into operative engagement with the penlant weight 24 to hold the same in the position as indicated by Fig.3.

What I claim as new is:-

l. A ships table embodying a hollow supportingbase, ball bearings positioned at the upper end thereof, a table top carrying a centrally disposed depending bowl shaped member having verticalgrooves receiving centrally disposed depending bowl shaped member having vertical grooves receiving said balls and supported thereby, a pendant weight centrally carried by the bowl-shaped member and located within said hollow base, and tensioned locking bars slidably mounted transversely of said base adapted. to engage 'said pendant weight to hold the table top immovable relative to the supporting base.

3. A ships table embodying a hollow supporting base, ball bearings positioned at the upper end thereof, a table top carrying a centrally-disposed depending bowl-shaped member having vertical grooves receiving said balls and supported thereby, a pendant weight centrally carried by the bowl-shaped member and located within said hollo-w base, the said base having substantially diametrical1y-opposite slots therein, locking bars positioned in said slots, springs arranged in said slots adapted to engage said locking bars to hold the samein adjusted positions,

and cooperative means carried by said base and locking bars adapted to prevent sliding movement thereof, the said locking'means being moved into engagement with said pendant weight.

i 4:. A ships table embodying a supporting base, a table top movably supported thereby, a pendant weight carried by the table top, the said base having oppositely disposed openings having sockets in one wall thereof, locking arms having pins positioned in said openings with the pins positioned in said sockets, springs engaging said arms, and forks formed at the inner ends of said arms adapted to engage the shank of the depending veight to In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK ZAGMESTER.

hold the table top immovable. 

